Holder for shipment of tin-plate.



F. RUDOLPH 6; E. W. GARNES.

HOLDER FOR SHIPMENT 0? TIM PLATE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1907.

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FRANKLIN RUDOLPH AND EDWARD W. AMERICAN OAN COMPANY, OF NEW HOLDER FORSHIPMENT OF TIN-PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed November 11, 1907. Serial No. 401,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANKLIN RUDOLPH and EDWARD IN. CARNEs, citizens ofthe United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have I invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders forShipment of Tin-Plate, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in i a shipping packages orholders for t1n plate.

The object of our invention is to provide a package or holder forshipment of tin plate in the customary sized packages or bundles, of sayabout 100 pounds weight and 112 sheets, which will be of a strong,simple and durable construction; which may be readily and convenientlyapplied; which will efficiently bind the numerous thin sheets of thepackage together so that they will mutually reinforce and strengtheneach other as well as the package or holder itself; which will protectthe corners and edges of the sheets in the package from denting, bendingor other injury; which will properly protect the outer surfaces of theupper and lower sheets from wet, dirt, scratching or other injury; andwhich at the same time will be a returnable package or holder andcapable of being used over and over again.

Our invention consists in a holder for ship ping packages of tin plateor other thin metal sheets, comprising flanged or channeled bindingstrips of heavy sheet metal, preferably galvanized sheet steel, fittingover and embracing the edges of the pile or package of tin plate sheets,and corner connecting plates or pieces fitting under the flanges of thebinding strips and furnished with bent tongues or ends inserted throughslots in the binding strips to connect the meeting ends of the bindingstrips together at the corners of the package, the corner connectingplates serving both as angular braces as well as angular ties.

It further consists in the novel construction of parts and devices andin the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown anddescribed, and more particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tin plate shipping package or holderembodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 ofFig. 1 horizontal section on line of a right angle 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4is a perspective view of one of the channel binding strips; Fig. 5 is aplan view of one of the corner connecting plates or pieces; Fig. 6 showsa modified form of the connecting plate or piece, and Fig. 7 illustratesa modification in which three of the binding strips are made integralwith each other.

In the drawing A represents a shipping unit or package of tin plate orother thin sheet metal, ordinarily of about 100 pounds weight, andcomprising about 112 sheets a of say 14 by inches, or other customarydimensions. .Our holder for the shipping unit or package A of sheets a,comprises a plurality of flanged or channeled side and end bindingstrips B B the flanges b of which overlap and embrace the upper andlower edges of the shipping unitor package A at the sides and ends ofthe packages.

C C are the upper and lower protecting sheets for the shipping unit orpackage A of sheets a, and D are the right angle corner pieces orfastening devices for detachably securing the meeting ends of thechannel strips B together at the corners of the package .and forreinforcing the holder at the corners.

The channeled binding strips B for the sides of the package and B forthe ends thereof, are preferably all of the same construction, and eachis furnished at each end with a slot b through which the bent tongues orends (1 of the connecting plates or pieces D is inserted and then foldedor clenched down, as illustrated in the drawing, so as to securelyconnect the channel binding strips B B together. The corner connectingplates D are preferably eight in number, and each triangle shape, sothat their right angle edges 0Z (Z may abut snuglv against the side andend binding strips B B at each corner of the package and serve as bracesas well as ties for the binding strips B B and thus to materiallystrengthen and reinforce the holder at the corners thereof. Theconnecting plates D fit just beneath the flanges l) of the channelbinding strips B B, and may be forced or driven tightly as wedgesbetween the tin plate package or the protecting sheet C thereof and theoverlapping flanges of the channel binding strips, and thus serve tosecurely lock the channel binding stri s on the edges of the package.The bendab e tongues d of the corner conat the corner, and

necting plate D referably project at an angle to the edges 1 of theconnecting plate D, so that when the connecting late is driven in adiagonal or cornerwise cfirection into lace the tongues d (1 willproperly enter and it the slots in the binding strips B. After thecorner connecting plates are inserted the tongues d are bent or clencheddown so as to firmly secure the parts together.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6, the connecting plate D ismade in the form of a narrow strip extending diagonally across thecorner of the package, and having its ends projecting through the slots5 in the channel binding strips B B In the modification illustrated inFig. 7 a plurality of the binding stri s B B are illustrated as beingmade integrt l with each other, thus reducing the number of theconnecting plates D. One pair of the binding strips, preferably the endbinding strip B are slightly wider than the other pair, the side bindingstrips B, so that the flanges of the former may overlap those of theother at their meeting ends or corners. One pair of the binding strips,preferably the end binding strip B are furnished with flanges 12 at theends thereof as Well as flanges b at the side edges thereof, so that theside binding strips B may fit within or against these end flanges 11thus affording additional reinforcement at the corners of the holder.

We claim:

1. A holder consisting in flanged side and end binding strips, one pairof said strips having flanges at the ends thereof for the other pair toabut against, one pair of said flanged inding strips fitting within andabutting against the ends of the other pair and means for connecting themeeting ends of the binding stri s at the corners, substantially asspecifiec 2. A holder for shi ment of thin sheets, consisting in channelbinding strips, the flanges of one binding stri embracing andoverlapping the flanges of t e adjacent strip means for connecting themeeting ends of the binding strips, one of said binding strips havingflanges at the ends thereof as well as at the sides, one pair of saidflanged binding strips fitting within and abutting against the ends ofthe other pair, substantially as specified.

3. A holder for shipment of thin sheets,

consisting in two pair of channel binding strips, one pair havingflanges at the side edges only and the other having flanges at the sideand end edges, one pair of said flanged binding strips fitting withinand abutting against the ends of the other pair, substantially asspecified.

4. A holder for shipment of thin sheets, consisting in two pair ofchannel binding strips, one pair having flanges at the side edges onlyand the other pair having flanges at the side and end edges, and meansfor con necting the binding strips at the corners, one pair of saidflanged binding strips fitting within and abutting against the ends ofthe other pair, substantially as specified.

5. A holder for shipment of thin sheets, consisting in two pair ofchannel binding strips, one pair having flanges at the side edges onlyand the other having flanges at the side and end edges, and cornerconnecting plates, strips fitting within and abutting a ainst the endsof the other pair, substantially as specifier.

6. A holder for shipment of thin sheets, consisting in two pair ofchannel binding strips, one pair having flanges at the side edges onlyand the other having flanges at the side and end edges, one pair of saidflanged binding strips fitting within and abutting against the ends ofthe other pair, means for connecting the binding strips at the corners,and upper and lower corner con necting plates furnished with tonguespassing through slots in the binding strips, substantially as specified.

7. A holder for shipment of thin sheets, consisting in two pair ofchannel binding strips, one pairhaving flanges at" the side edges onlyand the other having flanges at the side and end edges, one pair of saidflanged binding strips fitting within and abutting against the ends ofthe other pair and means for connecting the binding stri s at the corners, said binding strips and connecting plates having interengagingdetachable fastening devices, substantially as specified.

FRANKLIN RUDOLPH. EDWARD W. CARNES.

lVitness es:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDMUND AnoooK.

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